The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: driftdiver on December 15, 2017, 12:20:13 am
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https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/14/paul-ryan-retire-speaker-ready-leave-washington-216103 (https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/14/paul-ryan-retire-speaker-ready-leave-washington-216103)
pirits were high inside the House chamber on Thursday, November 16, when, in the early afternoon, the gavel fell and a measure to rewrite the American tax code passed on a partisan tally of 227 to 205. As the deciding votes were cast—recorded in green on the black digital scoreboard suspended above the floor—the speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, threw his head back and slammed his hands together. Soon he was engulfed in a sea of dark suits, every Republican lawmaker wanting to slap him on the shoulder and be a part of his moment.
Ryan was the man of the hour. Having spent a quarter-century in Washington—as an intern, waiter, junior think-tanker, Hill staffer and, since 1999, as a member of Congress—he had never wavered in his obsession with fixing what he viewed as the nation’s two fundamental weaknesses: its Byzantine tax system and ballooning entitlement state. Now, with House Republicans celebrating the once-in-a-generation achievement of a tax overhaul, Ryan was feeling both jubilant and relieved—and a little bit greedy. Reveling in the afterglow, Ryan remarked to several colleagues how this day had proven they could accomplish difficult things—and that next year, they should set their sights on an even tougher challenge: entitlement reform. The speaker has since gone public with this aspiration, suggesting that 2018 should be the year Washington finally tackles what he sees as the systemic problems with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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His bribes musta set him up for life.
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He needs to follow his buddies Reince and Spicer out the door and prove that the Boehner/GOP alliance is finally in their twilight. Good F'in riddance.
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A huge disappointment. I was always told he was a conservative. Yeah. Right.
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A huge disappointment. I was always told he was a conservqtive. Yeah. Right.
The one guy who made Joe Biden look like a MENSA member during their debate.
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His bribes musta set him up for life.
His wife is a tax attorney and registered K Street lobbyist. You KNOW he has been well taken care of!
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His wife is a tax attorney and registered K Street lobbyist. You KNOW he has been well taken care of!
And, a committed democrat, if I remember correctly.
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His wife is a tax attorney and registered K Street lobbyist. You KNOW he has been well taken care of!
It's worse than that. It's a marriage of convenience. Her family are millionaire political power brokers in that state. That's why she isn't his wife.......she's his beard.
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It's worse than that. It's a marriage of convenience. Her family are millionaire political power brokers in that state. That's why she isn't his wife.......she's his beard.
What does she get out of that bargain though?
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Paul Ryan has been a disaster ever since he was assigned by Romney to run with him in '12. Let him die away from public life so we do not see him for another 30 years like Shelby, McCain, etc.
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What does she get out of that bargain though?
@RoosGirl
Are you kidding? He is the Speaker of the House for God's sake! He controls who sits on every committee in the place and who votes on what when.
The entire agenda in fact!
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@RoosGirl
Are you kidding? He is the Speaker of the House for God's sake! He controls who sits on every committee in the place and who votes on what when.
The entire agenda in fact!
What he says. Geez @RoosGirl Get with the program.
BTW this millionaire Ryan has never had anything but a government job since college.
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@Bigun
@Frank Cannon
You dunces, I mean after his "wild Washington journey comes to an end".
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@Bigun
@Frank Cannon
You dunces, I mean after his "wild Washington journey comes to an end".
He will join her on K Street and earn a million plus $$ per year with lots of perks!
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@Bigun
@Frank Cannon
You dunces, I mean after his "wild Washington journey comes to an end".
Ex Speaker of the House will be able to rake in millions of K Street cash like a MoFo once he isn't "encumbered" with ethics rules. You see any ex Speakers living in govt' housing? (Hastert doesn't count.)
Get with the program @RoosGirl
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He will join her on K Street and earn a million plus $$ per year with lots of perks!
GD, can y'all get it the eff together. How does that benefit *her*?
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@Bigun
@Frank Cannon
You dunces, I mean after his "wild Washington journey comes to an end".
At least he has the simple common sense to get out while he can still enjoy his money. Go to the Virgin Islands and live like a king, with a dozen naked maids.
It's a lot better than waiting until you're 85 before you decide to 'live' a little. Or worse yet, to chain yourself to your desk until you keel over dead.
He's doing the right thing. He's doing what I would do. There is a lot of wisdom in knowing when enough is enough.
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GD, can y'all get it the eff together. How does that benefit *her*?
He knows who to "talk" to my dear!
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It is past time for him to step aside ... though in all likelihood, he will be replaced with somebody obnoxious and even more compromised. If the dems have any sense it will not be Pelosi.
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At least he has the simple common sense to get out while he can still enjoy his money. Go to the Virgin Islands and live king, with a dozen naked maids.
It's a lot better than waiting until you're 85 before you decide to 'live' a little. Or worse yet, to chain yourself to your desk until you keel over dead.
He's doing the right thing. He's doing what I would do. There is a lot of wisdom in knowing when enough is enough.
He ain't going nowhere! If the voters in his district decide to throw his azz out of congress he will simply move over a few streets in Washington.
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He knows who to "talk" to my dear!
And her family of millionaire lobbyists don't?? They need dumbass Paul Ryan to show them the ropes?
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GD, can y'all get it the eff together. How does that benefit *her*?
Let me put it to you simply....
GIRL + LOTS OF MONEY = UNLIMITED HAPPINESS
(http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/09/0990aeda091db6eba8725c13a57546acad8c23ad973dc742434e1fe0204fd57f.jpg)
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And her family of millionaire lobbyists don't?? They need dumbass Paul Ryan to show them the ropes?
Money isn't half the fun unless you have the power to go with it.
(http://www.quotesvalley.com/images/61/power-is-the-ultimate-aphrodisiac.jpg)
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Money isn't half the fun unless you have the power to go with it.
(http://www.quotesvalley.com/images/61/power-is-the-ultimate-aphrodisiac.jpg)
I don't see Paul Ryan contributing significantly to the money or power that the family already apparently has. There must be a better looking, actually straight man that can help that girl out.
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I don't see Paul Ryan contributing significantly to the money or power that the family already apparently has. There must be a better looking, actually straight man that can help that girl out.
I don't think you realize the power involved here. You are aware Speaker is 2nd in line of succession to the most powerful position in the universe and it is the top position in control of the largest treasury in the universe, right?
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I don't think you realize the power involved here. You are aware Speaker is 2nd in line of succession to the most powerful position in the universe and it is the top position in control of the largest treasury in the universe, right?
You are really starting to piss me off. For the 3rd time, the article and I are talking about after he leaves Washington DC.
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You are really starting to piss me off. For the 3rd time, the article and I are talking about after he leaves Washington DC.
So what? At some point he has to leave. You expect him to linger on life support in congress as an ex speaker like Pelosi? He will leave on what he thinks is a high note, passing this tax bill, and then he will roll around DC as a big wheel ex Speaker K Streeter. Get a gig on FOX bashing Trump. Roll in cash.
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So what? At some point he has to leave. You expect him to linger on life support in congress as an ex speaker like Pelosi? He will leave on what he thinks is a high note, passing this tax bill, and then he will roll around DC as a big wheel ex Speaker K Streeter. Get a gig on FOX bashing Trump. Roll in cash.
oh just bleep bleep bleepity bleep bleep bleepity bleep bleep you.